A fairly recent incident made me think of this, and I am also writing a paper that talks about Gandhi and his use of non-violence - he was also a man of humility. Not to mention that, our great Prophet, peace be upon him, was the most humble person ever. Pride? Arrogance? It is extremely hard to not feel these things, but they really are harmful and detrimental to our character. And so I have a motto - kill your ego. Because really, anything good that we do, doesn't come from us but comes from God. To Him we owe everything. So kill your damn ego.
Funnily enough, here's the first thing that came up when I googled 'kill your ego':
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa102602a.htm
"Hypocrisy, pride, self-conceit, wrath, arrogance and ignorance belong, O Partha, to him who is born to the heritage of the demons.” ~ The Gita, XVI. 4
Here's a book I read this past summer that's written by a cool Muslim in New York, Haroon Moghul - very nice and smart guy to talk to, mA. His book, "The Order of Light", is also about killing your ego - although it addresses the theme very dramatically and literally:
http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?ID=6043
"The problem with the modern age, the Order proclaims, is that Man has made himself an idol, and to repent this sin, Man must commit suicide in order to free his soul."
The book is really interesting, I recommend it.
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